NGC 7077

NGC 7077 is a lenticular blue compact dwarf galaxy^[2] located about 56 million light-years away from Earth^[3] in the constellation Aquarius.^[4] Discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on August 11, 1863,^[5] the galaxy lies within the Local Void.^[6]

Infrared image of the NGC 7077 galaxy

NGC 7077
The lenticular galaxy NGC 7077 as imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aquarius
Right ascension	21h 29m 59.6s[1]
Declination	02° 24′ 51″[1]
Redshift	0.003843[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1152 km/s[1]
Distance	56 Mly (17.2 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.14[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0- pec?, BCD[1]
Size	~12,300 ly (3.78 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.8 x 0.7[1]
Other designations
ARAK 549, CGCG 375-47, MCG 0-54-28, Mrk 900, NPM1G +02.0497, PGC 66860, UGC 11755 [1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (7001–7840)